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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher: Let's Not Romanticize Socialism The Way Conservatives Romanticize Capitalism [View all]ancianita
(36,017 posts)2. Yep. Cuz America's 1%'ers DO call what EU socialist countries have Santaism.
He could have made his point with a fairer look at what Millennials and Bernie think could be workable taxation numbers, but no, he had to indulge his specialness and vanity by claiming the double standard of quality of life for everyone else.
If we need oligarchs to run this country, we need to borrow them from Northern European nations.
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ancianita
Jun 2016
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Look at this graphic...then explain to me again why we can't make better spending choices.
Moostache
Jun 2016
#3
I hear ya. We spend that money abroad, build "embassies" and lily pads (naval bases on oceans) to
ancianita
Jun 2016
#4
Rand freak, Fed Chair, RR, Clinton, Bushes; Alan Greenspan believed in 'greater worker insecurity'.
appalachiablue
Jun 2016
#35
That is bullshit, Bill. Most of the country has been in a recession for over two decades.
LS_Editor
Jun 2016
#5
Yes. How dare Millennials look around at the higher quality of life elsewhere and get all uppity.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#17
He ignores economic realities and blames a generation that had nothing to do with them.
LS_Editor
Jun 2016
#21
I remember when he was a libertarian, but he wasn't an economic libertarian.
liberalnarb
Jun 2016
#41
Except he hasn't been funny since Princess Diana's Mercedes drove into a tunnel
nationalize the fed
Jun 2016
#37
Maher endorsed Sanders, but said last night he wasn't espousing Socialism, more like Santaism.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#29
If he hadn't asked BS earlier how he'd pay for socialism, Maher's being disingenuous and silly.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#36
No, he's speaking truth to those who think the world will be better if they don't vote for HRC.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#38
But Santaism is the wrong sell. Socialists have this pro-lap band guy on their side.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#39